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At
the present time, the St. Louis area is rated a "moderate"
ozone nonattainment area by the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA).
Following are
some examples of current St. Louis commuting habits which provide
a picture of how, why, and where St. Louis stands to date:
- St. Louisans make
6 million vehicle trips each day. Of these 6 million trips, 5
million are single occupancy vehicle trips.
- 80% of the St.
Louis workforce drives alone to work. In the City of St. Louis,
66.5% of all workers drive alone to work. In St. Louis County,
84.3% of all workers commute alone to work.
- 3% of the work-related
trips are made on Metro.
- 12% of the entire
regional workforce uses carpooling/vanpooling as a commute alternative
to travel to work.
- On average, people
make 3.9 vehicle trips per day.
- Motor vehicles
contribute 25% of the hydrocarbon emissions in the region which,
when mixed with air, form ground level ozone.
- Cars in St. Louis
release 247,000 pounds of pollution each day into the region's
air.
- A full bus at rush
hour removes 40 cars from the highway.
- 1 car releases
15 grams of carbon monoxide every mile.
- Two MetroLink tracks
have the same capacity as 16 lanes of highway.
- If a worker spends
an extra 10 minutes per trip in traffic, that's 84 hours a year.
- The average American
family's second largest expense is transportation.
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METROLINK
FACTS & FIGURES
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- In
fiscal year 2004-05, 15,648,233 people road MetroLink
- A full MetroLink
train at rush hour removes 125 cars from the highway.
- The average commuter
can save about $1500 a year by using public transit instead of
driving to work.
- Two MetroLink tracks
have the same passenger capacity as 16 lanes of highway.
- Metrolink ridership
continues to grow, averaging 60,000 per day during the summer
months.
- In
2004-2005, 4.5 million people rode MetroLink in St. Clair County,
IL. .
- 160,883 rode MetroLink
on July 4, 1999.
- 68% of the MetroLink
riders own two or more cars.
- Travelling by MetroLink
or the bus saves a commuter about 200 gallons of gas a year.
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